as i see it, some of the reasons things are so 'screwed up' now days here in the U.S. began with the war in Vietnam...the biggest part being the introduction of 'political correctness'.
we, the United States, became involved in Vietnam in, or near 1957, heck, there were still remnants of french equipment being used when i was in that neighborhood of the world. in fact, a marine patrol engaged, and killed, a former french foreign legionnaire who was leading enemy troops...he still had his legion Identity papers on him.
the U.S. could not wait to engage there for some reason...and yet we were told "you will not fire unless fired upon". now what kind of orders are those for soldiers in a combat situation? idiotic wouldn't you say? in order to defeat an enemy, you must find and destroy him before he finds and destroys you...it's that simple.
the united states had just emerged from a worldwide war...WWII...we, and our allies, had just finished defeating a pair of heinous enemies, Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany. it was a devastating war for ALL involved...our enemies included.
after the war's end, we entered a period of peace, rebuilding and expansion.
then along comes another involvement that is still controversial to this day, Korea.
this engagement ended with a cease-fire...not a victory. our congress could not stand the thought of a clear cut victory and fired gen Douglas MacArthur.
so a cease fire was agreed to and a line of demarcation was drawn. to this day, there are skirmishes between American troops and North Korean troops.
then a scant four years later, we entered Vietnam. one of the biggest quagmires in our modern history.
during the Vietnam era, 1957 to 1975, there spawned the "hell no we won't go", "burn the bra", "drugs sex and rock and roll", civil unrest in the streets all over America. riots on college campuses for any and all reasons...valid or not, movements. people looked for reason for civil disobedience; and still do for that matter.
Vietnam ended in a simple withdrawal with our losing the war POLITICALLY, not militarily!
a pattern has been established...WWII a clear victory...Korea a cease-fire...Vietnam a political loss.
a political pattern of loss? yup...look at what's happened legislatively since the end of WWII...we've come under the siege of the "tyranny of minorities"! just look around at the laws now if you don't believe that.
that gave birth to what we now see gracing the halls of our legislatures nation wide. the likes of the Ted Kennedys, Barbabra Boxers, Diane Feinsteins, Harry Reids, Charles Schummers, just to name a few...that REALLY, REALLY have no business being legislators. in fact, there are few, good legislators ANYWHERE.
in my opinion...for what it's worth...legislators like those are why we're where we're at today...standing on the brink of disaster.
they fear victory in any conflict for any reason or fear letting our troops, who go into harms way, do the dirty job of fighting wars, to win those conflicts they send them into. why? for fear they will "offend" the enemy!
one such example is Fallujah during the war in Iraq. the, then president, G.W.Bush would not allow the Marines to attack mosques. why not? may i ask? did not the enemy seek refuge in them and fight from them? did they not secret munitions and arms in them? YES! THEY DID...AND STILL DO! you've got to seek out and destroy the enemy IF you want to win, other wise, it's a "no win" at best...as long as the enemy is able to resist, he will. why bother to engage if there is no intent to win?
again...we have the capabilities to WIN...congress will not allow it. they'll fearful we will offend some one.
that, may very well, cost us our future.
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